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On the Dominican-Haitian border, the daily struggle to survive is getting harder everyday. It is survival's search what crosses the roads and diffuses the border lines. There is a lot if food being harvested, transported and sold. But it ends up being very far away.

Short documentary made for GVC - Gruppo di Volontariato Civile, within the framework of its project Development and Diffusion of Agroforestry System on the Southern Slope of the Nalga de Maco National Park and Transborder Areas (Dominican Republic & Haití).

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  • Wendy P. Espinal
    Director
    Cosecha, Mujeres Tierra
  • Mijaíl Peralta
    Director
    Campeón, Mujeres Tierra
  • Wendy P. Espinal
    Writer
    Cosecha, Mujeres Tierra
  • Mijaíl Peralta
    Writer
    Campeón, Mujeres Tierra
  • Wendy P. Espinal
    Producer
    Cocote, El Cosmonauta, Cosecha, Mujeres Tierra
  • Mijaíl Peralta
    Producer
    Campeón, Mujeres Tierra
  • José Antonio "Mamadeo"
    Key Cast
  • Virginia Contreras
    Key Cast
  • Francis Eminta “Aneol”
    Key Cast
  • Helene Saint Julien
    Key Cast
  • Jaccin Monjouar
    Key Cast
  • Jesumene Bastien
    Key Cast
  • Digna Contreras
    Key Cast
  • Franklin Ostos
    Sound
  • Boynayel Mota
    Cinematography
  • Rocío Gattinoni
    Editor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Alimento // Cibo
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 30, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Dominican Republic
  • Country of Filming:
    Dominican Republic, Haiti
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Muestra de Cine Medioambiental y Cultural “Tierra de Tod@s – Tè a pout on Tout”
    Restauración
    Dominican Republic
    July 15, 2016
    Dominican Premiere
  • Insularia Film Festival
    Santa Cruz de Tenerife
    Spain
    October 13, 2016
    Spanish
  • Food Film Festival 2017
    Bergamo
    Italy
    June 13, 2017
    Italian Premiere
  • Ipiales Cine Sin Fronteras 2017
    Ipiales
    Colombia
    June 20, 2017
    South American Premiere
Director Biography - Wendy P. Espinal, Mijaíl Peralta

WENDY P. ESPINAL - Filmmaker and cultural manager graduated from the School of Arts UNAPEC, the National School of Dramatic Art of Santo Domingo and the Université Sorbonne Paris 1.
As a producer, she has worked on many audiovisual and cultural projects, including the feature films "Petra" (Jaime Rosales - Spain/France/Denmark), "Cocote" (Nelson Carlo de los Santos - Dominican Republic / Argentina / Germany), "El Rey de la Habana" (Agustí Villaronga - RD), "Vacanze ai Caribi" (Neri Parenti - Italy / RD) and "The Cosmonaut" (Nicolás Alcalá - Spain).
The documentary short films "Harvest", "Food" and "Earth Women" are her first works as director and compose a triptych on rural life in the Dominican Republic. From the research for these projects, she also created the video art project: "State: Rural", part of the prestigious XXV Eduardo León Jimenes Art Contest.
She is currently working on the postproduction of "No Sea Island" (Fonprocine Grant, Ibermedia Development Grant), her first feature film. She lives between Santo Domingo and Madrid, developing several artistic projects and co-productions.

MIJAÍL PERALTA - Journalist and filmmaker. He studied Screenplay and Documentary Development at the Film Institute of Madrid (Spain) and the Film School of Chile (Santiago de Chile).
He has worked as a reporter and editor for newspapers such as El Caribe, and has also been responsible for the press and audiovisual contents of entities such as the RD and Caribbean Documentary Festival (RDOC), Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jiménez, Comprehensive Care for Early Childhood (INAIPI) and the Dominican Embassy in France.
He has written and directed some fiction short films and documentaries, including "Food", under the GVC - Sparring Partner program; "Earth Women" (Cesal Dominicana), and "Champion" (3rd Place Contest VII Santo Domingo International Short Film Festival-UASD and Best Short Film Independent International Film Festival of Santiago).
He is currently on development of his first feature film "Brown & Black", a narrative feature about the life of two shiner boys in the streets of Santo Domingo.

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